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AVtRY  LIBRARY 
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Soda  Fountain 

SUCCESSOR  TO 

JAM  ELS  W.  TUFT 


SODA7 FO  U NT  A.  INS 
CA  RB  ON  A  TORS  and 
SUNDRY  SUPPLIES 


278-288  CONGRLSS  STREET 
<nSJQBOSTON,  NASS.>2s^ 


STORY  is  told  of  a  farmer  who  was  approached  by  a  man  who 
wanted  to  sell  him  a  bicycle.  “  Now  is  your  time  to  buy,” 
said  the  man  ;  cc  bicycles  never  were  cheaper ;  I  can  let  you  have 
one  for  thirty-five  dollars.”  ccl’d  sooner  put  the  money  in  a 
cow,”  said  the  farmer.  cc  Oh,  I  know  you  could  get  a  cow  for  that  money,” 
said  the  man,  “  but  think  how  foolish  you’d  look  riding  around  your  farm 
on  a  cow!”  “Wal,”  replied  the  farmer,  “I  don’t  know  as  I’d  look  any 
foolisher  doin’  that  than  tryin’  to  milk  a  bicycle!  ” 

Nowadays  the  druggist  or  confectioner  who  tries  to  get  along  without 
a  soda  fountain  looks  about  as  foolish  as  the  farmer  would  have  in  trying  to 
milk  his  bicycle ;  while  the  man  who  convinces  himself  that  his  old  style, 
inadequate  and  messy  fountain  is  good  enough  for  the  business  he  does  is 
akin  to  a  man  riding  a  cow.  It  can  be  and  has  been  done,  but  it  looks 
foolish. 

In  both  cases  we  prescribe  a  Tufts  fountain. 


The  Tufts  is  the  highest  grade  of  all  soda  fountains.  To  the  druggist 
or  confectioner  who  has  never  had  a  fountain  in  his  store,  a  “Tufts”  will 
seem  a  wonder  worker  in  the  way  of  bringing  new  business  and  plenty  of  it. 
The  man  who  exchanges  his  old  out-of-date  apparatus  for  one  of  our 
beautiful  new  style  fountains  will  make  a  wise  move,  because, 

First:  The  Tufts  fountains  are  mechanically  perfect.  There  is  no  dripping,  no  messing,  no 
chance  of  breakdown  about  a  Tufts  fountain. 

Second:  They  are  beautiful,  artistic  and  thoroughly  practical.  They  are  designed  by  the 
best  artists  in  this  line,  whom  we  keep  constantly  employed  in  embodying  new  ideas  in  the  outward 
beauty  of  our  fountains. 

Third:  Only  the  very  best  of  material  is  used  in  a  Tufts  fountain,  whether  it  be  the  marble, 
onyx  and  silver  plating  you  see  on  the  beautiful  exterior,  or  the  tubing,  the  valves  and  the  tanks 
that  are  hidden  within — all  are  of  the  best  material,  made  in  the  best  way.  The  Tufts  fountains  are 
made  on  honor — the  honor  of  forty-seven  years  of  integrity  and  endeavor. 

In  other  words,  for  nearly  fifty  years  we  have  been  trying  to  make  the  Best  soda  water 
apparatus.  In  all  these  years  we  have  spared  no  pains  or  expense  that  the  word  “  Tufts”  should  be 
synonymous  with  par  excellence. 

This  object  we  have  attained  and  shall  maintain. 


A  good  tale  is  worth  retelling ;  let  us  tell  you  again  a  few  brief  facts 
about  the  excellent  materials  and  good  workmanship  that  go  in  the  making 
of  a  Tufts  fountain  : 

Our  syrup  tanks  are  of  porcelain  or  block  tin.  In  the  latter  the  joints  are  burned  with 
block  tin,  and  not  soldered.  You  can  have  your  choice,  but  we  recommend  the  block  tin  as  being 
wholly  hygienic  and  no  chance  for  contamination  of  syrups. 

Our  draught  tubes  are  made  of  high-grade  brass  composition  with  substantial  valves.  Out¬ 
side  they  are  heavily  plated  with  pure  silver,  and  inside,  in  every  part  which  the  soda  comes  in 
contact  with,  they  are  lined  with  pure  block  tin,  either  cast  in  and  bored  out  or  by  pipe,  drawn 
and  burned  in. 

Our  coolers  embody  the  ceaseless  experimenting  of  over  forty  years.  We  do  not  hesitate 
to  say  that  with  the  Tufts  fountain  colder  soda  water  can  be  served  than  with  any  other  make.  No 
matter  what  demand  is  made  upon  it  by  custom  that  it  creates  and  increases,  as  long  as  a  Tufts  foun¬ 
tain  is  iced  according  to  the  simple  directions  it  will  serve  “just  above  the  freezing  point”  one 
glass  or  ten  thousand. 

As  to  its  exterior,  you  can  tell  a  Tufts  fountain  by  its  Style.  Other  manufacturers  may 
take  advantage  of  the  brains  of  our  designers  by  imitating  the  architecture  and  decorations  in  their 


fountains,  but  imitators  can  never  equal  the  original,  and  there  is  about  a  Tufts  fountain  an  elegance 
that  copyists  cannot  attain.  We  keep  our  designers  stimulated  to  their  best  efforts  by  every  incen¬ 
tive  an  appreciative  employer  can  show,  and  while  we  have  been  proud,  and  justly  so,  of  their 
efforts  in  the  past,  we  can  truthfully  say  that  for  symmetry  and  beauty  the  new  designs  for  the 
coming  season  are  a  distinct  advance  over  all  their  previous  efforts. 

We  invite  comparisons  with  other  makes,  for  the  more  you  investi¬ 
gate  the  others,  the  more  surely  will  you  be  brought  to  buy  a  Tufts  fountain. 

Write  us  for  our  large  portfolio  of  prints  showing  many  more  of  our 
new  and  popular  designs. 

We  will  treat  you  fairly.  Our  prices  are  low,  we  will  make  easy 
terms  and  we  will  take  your  old  fountain,  if  you  have  one,  in  exchange  at  a 
liberal  valuation. 

AMERICAN  SODA  FOUNTAIN  CO., 
Successor  to  James  W.  Tufts, 

278-288  Congress  Street, 
Boston,  Mass. 


Jimak 


THERE  is  only  one  mistake  you 
can  make  in  getting  a  Tufts 
fountain  and  that  is  in  getting 
one  just  big  enough  to  meet  the  de¬ 
mands  of  your  present  trade.  For  the 
glistening,  magnificent,  thirst-provok¬ 
ing,  thirst-satisfying  Tufts  fountain  will 
double,  treble  and  quadruple  your  cus¬ 
tom.  This  is  the  mistake  many  have 
realized  and  they  have  exchanged  for  a 
larger  one.  There  is  no  wear-out  to  a 
Tufts  and  in  consequence  we  have  on 
hand  a  lot  of  excellent  fountains  second¬ 
hand  only  in  name.  These  were 
shortly  found  to  be  too  small  for  the 
business  of  the  man  in  the  big  town  or 
exceptionally  fine  location,  but  they 
may  be  just  what  You  want.  Write 
to  us  about  them.  The  Tufts  guar¬ 
antee  goes  with  these,  too. 


i 


VT OTHING  is  more  wonderful  than  the  development  of  the  soda  water  business.  Compare  the 
fountain  of  to-day  with  the  fountain  of  ten,  twenty,  thirty  years  ago.  Tufts  did  it. 

Great  as  the  soda  water  business  has  grown,  it  is  only  yet  in  its  infancy.  It  will  develop 
greatly  year  by  year.  Get  a  fountain  thft  will  be  apace  with  the  improvement;  the  Tufts  fountain 
made  to-day  has  the  improvements  of  fye- yea^|r<?'rn  now.  Five  years  is  the  time  we  allow 
for  other  makes  to  catch  up  with  us.  P  • 


In  gay  Paree,  as  you  may  see, 
The  gallants  and  the  fair 
Sip  claret,  cognac  and  absinthe, 
Benedictine,  creme  de  menthe — 
As  they  dine  al  fresco  there. 


Jtmlia 


“  'T'HE  satisfied  man  stands  still,”  says  the  Peru- 
A  vian  proverb.  He  who  goes  on  from  lesser 
things  to  greater  is  the  man  who  is  dis¬ 
satisfied  with  what  he  has  and  what  he  does. 

This  is  not  the  gospel  of  discontent,  for  there 
comes  a  time  when  the  wise  man  is  almost  content 
with  what  he  does  and  what  he  has. 

We  ask  your  attention  and  we  desire  to  arouse 
your  interest  :  Are  You  Satisfied  ? 

w*. 

Have  you  no  soda  fountain,  and  are  you  con¬ 
tent  with  the  business  you  are  doing  ? 
fk,  Have  you  a  soda  fountain  that  is  out  of  style, 
our  of  date  and  altogether  inadequate — are  you  satis- 
feed  with  the  business  it  is  doing  ? 

If  In  either  case  we  ask  you  to  inquire  into  the 
Bgrits  of  a  Tufts  fountain. 

Get  a  Tufts  and  be  Satisfied. 


Disko 


You  need  a  fountain  that  is  good  enough  and  big  enough  to  supply  your  present  trade  and 
the  added  amount  that  is  coming  to  you.  For  your  Tufts  fountain  will  draw  you  added  custom 
■day  by  day. 


From  Istamboul  to  Ispahan, 

In  mosque,  bazaar  and  caravan, 

Behold  the  turbaned  Mussulman  ! 

He  drinks  no  wine  to  make  him  merry  ; 
His  is  the  beverage  of  the  berry 
Coffea  Arabica,  and  all  day  long 
He  drinks  it  hot  and  black  and  strong. 


NE  of  the  greatest  boons  that  civilization  in  its  progress  has  given 
to  an  enlightened  land  is  healthful,  thirst-quenching,  ever-delightful 
soda  water,  fruit-flavored.  It  is  the  handmaid  to  Moderation  and 
the  foster-sister  of  Temperance. 

For  the  cause  and  continuation  of  true  temperance,  what  factor  has  been 
great  as  the  soda  fountain  ? 


A  PICTURESQUE  old  Irishman  tramping  along  the  high- 
way  was  stopped  by  the  professor  in  charge  of  the  sketch¬ 
ing  class  from  a  young  ladies’  finishing  school.  “  If  you  are 
not  in  a  hurry,”  said  the  professor,  “  these  young  ladies 
would  like  to  paint  you.”  “  No,  thank  yez,”  said  the  Irish¬ 
man.  “  Don’t  go,  my  good  man,”  continued  the  professor, 
“  we  will  pay  you  well,  and  it  will  not  take  over  half  an 
hour.”  “It  isn’t  the  time  I’m  mindin’,”  answered  the  Irish¬ 
man,  “  but  how  the  divvle  am  I  going  to  get  the  paint  off?” 

Many  druggists  and  confectioners  when  approached  about 
buying  a  soda  fountain  are  almost  as  puzzled  as  the  old  Irish¬ 
man  about  being  painted.  They  invariably  reply:  “  My  busi¬ 
ness  brings  me  in  little  enough  now,  how  am  I  to  pay  for  a 
soda  fountain?”  It  is  hard  to  make  them  understand  that  a 
good  soda  fountain  Will  Pay  for  Itself  and  more  besides. 


Edison 


There  is  no  business  that  pays  better  than  the  dispensing  of  soda 
water.  The  profits  are  large  of  themselves,  and  if  you  sell  other  things 
in  your  store,  a  soda  fountain  brings  custom  for  those  other  things. 


In  semi-tropical  Mexico 
The  natives  a  curious  liquor  know  5 
A  fiery  drink  which  they  get  when  they  tap 
The  cactus  plant  for  its  pulque  sap. 


Bellingham 


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A  N  out-of-date  and-  ugly  fountain  of  chipped, 
cheap  marble,  with  tarnished  trimmings  and 
soda  faucets  that  leak  messy  drippings  will  drive 
fastidious  patrons  (and  all  soda  drinkers  are  fas¬ 
tidious)  to  the  enterprising  man  who  has  a  bright, 
clean,  modern  Tufts  fountain. 


Nome 

Here  on  the  steppes  with  their  deep  drift  snows, 
The  tavern  is  warm  and  the  vodka  flows. 

The  moujik  quaffs  it  and  says  with  zest, 

“  Of  all  drinks  known,  my  vodka  ’s  best  !  ” 


While  you  keep  your  worn-out  old  fountain  you  are  saving 
the  price  of  a  new  good  fountain,  and  new  and  good 
fountains  cost  money,  but  you  are  losing  the  price  of  a  fine  foun¬ 
tain  every  month  in  dwindling  away  of  old  customers  and  the 
dissatisfaction  of  new  ones — who  never  come  again. 

The  installing  of  a  handsome  and  artistic  new  Tufts  foun¬ 
tain  makes  talk  in  your  town.  Favorable  comment  is  a  fore¬ 
runner  of  growing  business.  A  Tufts  fountain,  bright  and 
tempting  of  itself,  draws  the  waverer  in  through  the  door.  It 
pays  for  itself,  as  a  specialty,  for  the  trade  it  attracts  to  your 
staples. 


Sannak 


VT  O  business  to-day  affords  a  greater  legiti- 
^  ^  mate  profit  than  the  dispensing  of  soda 
water,  and  yet  when  you  draw  it  from  a 
Tufts  fountain  you  give  such  satisfaction  to 
your  patrons  that  none  would  begrudge  you 
did  they  even  know  what  your  profits  were. 


The  land  of  kilts  and  blooming  heather, 

In  winter  knows  some  blustery  weather, 

And  Highland  laddies  see  no  harm 
In  drinking  “  Scotch  ”  to  keep  them  warm. 


EMEMBER,  a  Tufts  fountain,  first,  through  its 
beauty,  and  second,  through  the  excellence  of  the 
delicious  soda  water  it  serves,  will  bring  you  a  constantly 
increasing  custom  of  pleased  patrons  and  will  pay 
for  itself  out  of  part  of  its  own  profits. 

A  Tufts  Fountain  Brings  the  Trade 
You  are  Proud  to  Have. 

Let  it  be  the  “  other  man”  who  serves 
bad  soda  badly  and  wonders  why  his  custom 
dwindles. 


Merida 


>TpHE  fool  is  always  behind,  the  smart  man  is  always 
abreast,  and  the  business  genius  always  ahead  of 
the  times.  This  is  comparatively  estimating  the  drug¬ 
gist  and  confectioner  who  have  and  who  have  not 
soda  fountains.  The  fool  has  none,  the  smart  man 
may  have  a  fairly  good  make,  but  the  business  genius 
has  a  Tufts. 

If  you  examine  a  Tufts  fountain  first  and  others 
afterwards  you  will  buy  the  Tufts.  If  you  examine 
pother  makes  first  and  the  Tufts  last  you  will  buy  a 
iTufts.  We  invite  the  comparison,  but  only  ask,  in 
all  fairness,  that  you  inquire  about  the  Tufts  first  or 
last.  For  if  you  do,  first,  last  and  all  the  time,  you 
will  be  a  Tufts  enthusiast. 


Here  sit  philosopher  and  sage 

O’er  foaming  steins  to  cheer  their  age, 

And  loud  the  “hochs!  ”  and  “  prosits!  ”  ring 
In  Germany,  where  beer  is  king. 


Gareloi 


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Taclat 


There  is  no  trade  so  fastidious  as  that  to 
which  the  soda  fountain  caters.  The  best 
trade  seeks  the  best  service.  The  soda  fountain 
of  itself  should  be  fitted  and  furnished  with  an 
eye  to  the  beautiful  as  well  as  the  useful.  All 
its  adjuncts,  its  counters  of  marble,  its  glasses 
and  glass  holders,  should  be  shimmering  bright, 
conspicuously  clean  and  noticeably  neat.  The 
very  appearance  of  a  fountain  and  its  surround¬ 
ings  should  provoke  a  tantalizing  thirst,  and  the 
soda  served  from  it  should  be  soul-satisfving. 
Our  counter  supplies  are  made  to  meet  the  par¬ 
ticular  requirements  of  the  soda  counter  and 
bring  it  in  harmony  with  the  fountain. 

Don’t  consider  these  details  trifling, 


OR  more  than  forty-seven  years  the  firm  of  James  W.  Tufts  has 
been  making  soda  water  fountains  and  their  adjuncts.  Although 
we  have  always  led  in  this  branch  of  manufacturing,  we  will  sav 
frankly  that  we  never  were  wholly  satisfied;  year  after  year  we  experi¬ 
mented,  made  over  and  improved.  All  the  results  of  this  nearly  half 


In  the  country  of  pigtailed  “  Boxers  ”  see 
Coolie  and  Mandarin  drinking  tea  ; 

High  and  low,  of  every  degree, 

Taking  it  plain — “  No  sugar  for  me 
Or  cream  !  ”  says  the  almond-eyed  Chinee. 


a  century  are  yours  to-day.  The  fountains  we  make,  the  specialties  we 
furnish,  the  machinery  we  manufacture  are  the  highest  attainments  in 
this  line  known  to  the  world.  We  make  everything  that  is  used  in 
connection  with  soda  water.  Carbonators  to  give  life  to  the  water,  juices 
and  extracts  to  give  it  taste,  and  apparatus  to  dispense  it  in  perfection — 
,  cold  and  delicious. 


THE  TUFTS  AUTOMATIC  CARBONATOR  for  dispensers  is  a  mar¬ 
velous  self-running  machine  that  does  away  with  the  portable  tank  nuisance. 
The  profits  in  dispensing  soda  water  are  good,  but  if  you  have  a  Tufts 
Automatic  Carbonator  you  double  them,  for  you  are  making  your  own  soda  water 
and  saving  this  expense.  It  serves,  continuously,  soda  water  at  any  pressure  you 
desire  from  80  to  180  pounds.  The  pressure  is  always  even,  and  the  machine  auto¬ 
matically  keeps  five  gallons  ahead  of  the  demand.  No  rock¬ 
ing,  no  agitating,  no  waste  of  gas  by  blowing  off,  no  valves 
to  turn.  It  starts  and  stops  of  itself,  and  the  supply  is  always 
an  even  amount  at  an  even  pressure  and  an  even  saturation — 

97  per  cent.  You  attach  it  to  your  hydrant  and  the 
city  water  pressure  is  sufficient  to  operate  it.  Where  you 
have  no  water  pressure  it  can  be  run  by  electricity.  Your 
soda  never  gives  out  and  it  is  of  the  highest  grade.  Unless 
the  Tufts  Automatic  Carbonator  is  all  we  say,  you  need  not 
accept  it.  Write  us  and  find  out  how  inexpensive  this 
little  mechanical  marvel  is.  You  do  not  even  have  to  oil  it. 

AMERICAN  SODA  FOUNTAIN  CO., 

Successor  to  James  W.  Tufts, 

278-288  Congress  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 


I 


T3UT  the  land  of  the  free  and  the  home  of  the  biave 
Is  the  land  of  the  sparkling  drink  I  crave. 

Better  than  vodka,  beer  or  wine 
Is  this  nectar -flavored  drink  of  mine. 

It  flows  from  a  glittering  fountain  fair, 

All  marble  and  silver  shining  there  : 

’Tis  soda  water  superfine, 

Cold  and  delicious  drink  divine  ! 

And  here  is  a  toast  as  we  drink  it  down  : 

“A  health  to  Tufts  of  Boston  town  !  ” 


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